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Podcast reveals the business development habits costing law firms’ growth
Osprey Approach has released the latest episode of its Empowering Law Firm Leaders podcast, which features Matt Kelly, chief experience officer at DCM Insights.
Hemrick O’Malley PLLC selects iManage to consolidate document and email management across its legal team
Immigration law firm replaces fragmented systems with iManage Work to reduce manual effort and give legal professionals a single, governed workspace
Small law firms have raised the bar for client service
Small law firms have become very good at looking after clients. That much is clear from the latest Bellwether Report 2026: Lean, focused, profitable, which found 84% of small and mid-sized firms rate their client experience as good or excellent. Only 1% rated it as poor.
Why data will define the AI-ready law firm
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most talked-about developments in the legal sector, promising to transform everything from client service to case management.
Why ‘having a policy’ will no longer be enough
By now, we’re all aware that the supervision of legal services is set to move to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Exclusive PI made easier for law firms
Miller has launched an exclusive professional indemnity (PI) insurance facility designed specifically for sole practitioners and firms with up to three partners.
Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions
Leading independent law firm Brabners has announced its largest ever round of partner promotions, with six lawyers joining its partnership following another year of sustained growth.
HAN LLP selects iManage to bring order to complex commercial legal work
New York and Los Angeles business law firm selects iManage to improve document traceability, external collaboration, and operational continuity across a growing team
VCAD explained: Supporting firms to submit registration applications with confidence
Accuracy at the point of submission is critical in the Land Registration process. HM Land Registry operates a rules-based framework where applications must meet prescribed data and evidential requirements before they can be processed.
Looking beyond the headlines on clinical negligence costs
Clinical negligence costs continue to attract considerable attention from policymakers, parliamentary committees and the legal press.
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The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing
Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.
Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.
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